UN resuming Haiti aid flights nearly a week after 3 planes hit by gunfire

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

THE U-N SAYS IT WILL RESUME AID FLIGHTS TO HAITI WEDNESDAY — ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THREE COMMERCIAL PLANES WERE HIT BY GANG GUNFIRE THAT LED TO A PAUSE IN COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS TO THE ISLAND NATION.

AS WE TOLD YOU LAST WEEK, THE U-S ANNOUNCED A PAUSE TO ALL FLIGHTS INTO HAITI FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS AFTER BULLETS HIT THREE COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS.

ARMED GANGS ALSO OPENED FIRE ON A U-N HELICOPTER AND U-S EMBASSY TRUCK LAST MONTH.

HAITI’S GOVERNMENT RESTARTED HELICOPTER SERVICES MONDAY AS IT TRANSPORTED THREE NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FOLLOWING THE OUSTING AND APPOINTING OF A NEW PRIME MINISTER.

DESPITE CERTAIN FLIGHTS RESUMING, MOST PARTS OF PORT-AU-PRINCE REMAIN UNDER GANG-CONTROL AS CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS GAIN GROUND IN THE CAPITAL.

THE RISING VIOLENCE DEALING A BLOW TO A U-N BACKED INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO REESTABLISH CONTROL OF THE CAPITAL AND  EASE DELAYS OF U-N AID.

THE AGENCY SAYS ONLY 20-PERCENT OF THE CAPITAL IS ACCESSIBLE TO AID WORKERS AND ESTIMATED SUNDAY MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND HAITIANS WERE DISPLACED OVER FOUR DAYS.

HALF OF THE 20-THOUSAND DISPLACED WERE CHILDREN AND MANY FACE DISEASE AND HUNGER.

THE U-N WARNS WITHOUT MORE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT “THE SUFFERING WILL WORSEN EXPONENTIALLY FOR HAITIANS.”

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